4. OPRAH WINFREY is an American
television host, actress and producer
best known for her self-titled, multi-
award wining show ,which has become
the highest-rated program of its kind in
history
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5. She has been ranked the
richest American of the
20th century, the
greatest black
philanthropist in
American history, and
was once the world’s
only black billionaire.
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KHAN
7. Through the power of media ,Oprah Winfrey has created an
unparalleled connection with people around the world .As
supervising producer and host of the top-rated ,award wining
The Oprah Winfrey show, she has entertained, enlightened
and uplifted millions of viewers for the past two decades. Her
accomplishments as a global leader and philanthropist have
established her as a one of the most respected and admired
public figure today .
8. OPRAH WINFREY INTERACTIVE
BIOGRAPHY
Winfrey was born into poverty in
rural Mississippi to a teenage
single mother and later raised in
an inner-city Milwaukee
neighborhood. She experienced
considerable hardship during his
childhood.
9. •At the age 17,Oprah Winfrey won the
Miss Black Tennessee beauty pageant
and was offered an on-air job at WVOL, a
radio station serving the African
American community in Nashville.
•She left school and signed on with a
local television station as a reporter and
anchor.
•In 1976,she moved to Baltimore to join
WJZ-TV News as a co-anchor . There, she
co-hosted her first talk show , People
are Talking ,while continuing to serve as
anchor and news reporter .
10. •In January 1984,she was invited to Chicago to host a
faltering half -hour morning program on WLS-TV. In less than
a year ,she turned AM Chicago into the hottest show in
town, The format was soon expanded to an hour ,and in
september1985 it was renamed The Oprah Winfrey show.
•A year later ,The Oprah Winfrey
show broadcast nationally, and
quickly become the number
one talk show in national syndication.
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11. •In 1987,it’s first year of eligibility, the show receives three Daytime
Emmy Awards in the categories of Outstanding Host, Outstanding
Talk/Service Program and Outstanding Direction.
•The following year ,the show received
it’s second consecutive Emmy as
Outstanding Talk/Service program ,
and Oprah herself received the
International Radio and Television
Society’s “Broadcaster Of The Year”
Award .She was the youngest person
ever to receive the honor.
12. •The Color Purple. Winfrey’s Performance earned her nomination s for
an Oscar and a Golden Globe Award as best Supporting Actress.
•Her love of acting and her desire to bring quality entertainment
projects into production prompted her to form her own production
company ,Harpo Productions , Inc., in 1986.
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13. •Harpo is a formidable force in film and Television production,
as well as magazine publishing and the internet .
•In 1988,Harpo Productions , Inc. acquired ownership and all
production responsibilities for The Oprah Winfrey show from
capital cities/ABC, making Oprah Winfrey the first woman in
history to own and produce her own talk show .
14. •Motivated in part by her own memories of childhood abuse ,She
initiated a campaign to established a national database of convicted
child abusers, and testified before a U.S. Senate judiciary
Committee on behalf of a National child Protection Act .
•President Clinton signed the “Oprah Bill “ into law in 1933,
establishing the national database she had sought ,which is now
available to law enforcement agencies and concerned parties
across the country.
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15. She also publish two magazines ,O, The Oprah Magazine and O At
Home .The launch of her first magazine was the most successful
start-up in the history of industry .When Forbes published it’s list of
America’s billionaire s for the year 2003,it disclosed that Oprah
Winfrey was the first African American woman to become a
billionaire .
16. In 2005,She produced a film
adaption of Zora Neale
Hurston’s novel , Their Eyes
Were Watching God, with a
screenplay by Suzan-Lori Parks.
As an actress, She has been
heard in a number of animated
films ,including charlotte's web,
Bee Movie and The Princess
and The Frog.
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17. In March 2008,Oprah.com launched the first international interactive
webinar series in conjunction with the Book Club selection A New
Earth. The groundbreaking live multimedia sessions taught by Oprah
and author Eckhart Tolle ,have been downloaded or streamed more
than 35 million times .For each chapter , Oprah .com users could
capture their thoughts and perspectives within their own personal
online workbooks.
18. In the 2008 Presidential
election , Winfrey publicly
endorsed a political
candidate for the first time ,
hosting a fundraiser for
Senator Barack Obama and
appearing with him at
campaign events.
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19. The Queen of Talk has raised personally donated millions of dollars to
victims of poverty and disease and openly speaks about her own
experience with abuse as a child . But ,according to Winfrey , none
of her achievements make her more proud than the two schools she
opened for South Africa ‘s neediest girls and the 2011 Launch Of
OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network.
20. She appears on every list of the world’s leading opinion-makers, and
has been rightly called “THE MOST POWERFUL ENTERPRENUER
WOMAN IN THE WORLD”.
